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Health and rights for People Who Use Drugs in Tajikistan

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  • date_range Jan 01, 2016 - Dec 31, 2020
  • autorenew Closed (Status)

We believe that the end of AIDS is possible if there is more focus on key populations. Our project in Tajikistan addresses barriers faced by the PWUD community related to their sexual and reproductive health and rights. Driven by community champions, we work to realize integrated and structured systems of services for PWUD financed by the government; increased access to justice; humanisation of the Criminal Law; NGOs have access to prisons and increased access to services and treatment for PWUD (male, female, young, migrant and in prison). Tajikistan is among the countries where HIV prevalence has increased by more than 25% over the last 10 years, though it still manages to keep the epidemic in a concentrated stage (less than 1% of the general population). Tajikistan is at the early stage of an HIV/AIDS epidemic, with an estimated 16,000 people living with HIV at the end of 2015. Although the proportion of new HIV cases diagnosed among PWID seems to have fallen dramatically over time (down to 22.4% in 2015), PWID still bear a disproportionate number of HIV infections. Sexual transmission increased, it seems that this is linked to partners and sexual spouses of People who Inject Drugs. HIV prevalence in prison increased and varied from 6.2% in 2005 to 8.3% in 2015. Most of the prisoners are PWUD. In Tajikistan the number of sterile needles and other commodities per PWID per year is still very low. OST covers only 1% of the total PWUD community. In prisons, there is no access to OST treatment. Tajikistan suffers from corruption, low capacitiy of local agencies to analyse newly introduced reformed and programmes and there is insufficient government budget for health and preventive medicines. PWUD also face economic barriers, such as increasing poverty , migration and returning migrants, unemployment, and access to finance. PWUD face high levels of stigma and discrimination often in small controled communities. Women are often economically dependent on husbands and other family members.

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Sectors:
  • Human rights

  • Reproductive health care

  • Social mitigation of HIV/AIDS

  • STD control including HIV/AIDS

  • Tuberculosis control

Participating Organisations

Aids Fonds International NGO Funding
AFEW International, AFEW Tajikistan National NGO Implementing
AFEW International International NGO Accountable
AFEW International International NGO Funding
AFEW Tajikistan National NGO Implementing
AFEW International International NGO Accountable

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Budget

888,629 USD
  • 250,000 EUR (Valued at Jan 01, 2016)
    date_range Jan 01, 2016 - Dec 31, 2016
  • 250,000 EUR (Valued at Dec 31, 2017)
    date_range Jan 01, 2017 - Dec 31, 2017
  • 250,000 EUR (Valued at Dec 31, 2018)
    date_range Jan 01, 2018 - Dec 31, 2018
  • 43,681 EUR (Valued at Dec 31, 2019)
    date_range Jan 01, 2019 - Dec 31, 2019
  • -15,684 EUR (Valued at Dec 31, 2020)
    date_range Jan 01, 2020 - Dec 31, 2020
access_time Updated on Jun 30, 2021 11:16:32